"amounts" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 数量

Definition

“数量”是“数量(amount)”的复数，指某物的量，特别是指可以测量或计算的东西，如金钱、时间或材料。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Amounts” 通常用于不可数名词，可以衡量的事物；可数名词用“numbers”。常见搭配有“large amounts of money”。不能用于人（应说“number of people”）。

Examples

We need equal amounts of flour and sugar.

我们需要等量的面粉和糖。

Too much salt and large amounts of oil are unhealthy.

太多的盐和大量的油都不健康。

The factory produces huge amounts of plastic every year.

这家工厂每年生产大量塑料。

I was surprised by the amounts of coffee people drink here.

这里人们喝的咖啡**数量**让我很惊讶。

Can you handle large amounts of work under pressure?

你能在压力下应对大量工作吗？

We don’t have the amounts of data we need yet.

我们还没有我们所需要的这些**数量**的数据。